Week 6 (10/21-10/27) – Hallween Party

Oct. 31^st is Hallween. Every year, our school hold various activities for Hallween. The most common activities we hold is Trick-or-treating. Our students go in costume from house to house, asking or singing for candy. This year, all the teachers joined this Trick-or-treating on Oct 26^th. I dressed as a Japanese geisha. I made up a thick white base with red lipstick and red eyebrows. My co-workers dressed as a corpse, a witch, a pharaoh, a mummy, a pumpkin man, and so on. We took the students to walk and sing. The most people watched us and felt fascinated. We walked about 1.5 hours, tired and happy.

Week 5 (10/14-10/20)– Hairstyle

Every single Saturday, we will add a extra class and ask our students come. Before the mid-term test, we have another special all day class on Saturday. Today is the extra class day, I ask students to collect all quiz papers for all the subjects  I told my students that we will calculate the average scores of the all quizzes  Then, we had a special punishment that I will help them design a hairstyle like rockets, whatever girls or boys. Everyone didn't want to have the hairstyle like rockets, and they did two very well quizzes  After we calculate the average scores of the all quizzes  I help the last one design a hairstyle like rockets. That is so funny! Everyone laughed, but was very impressed by this special punishment!

 

Different conversational rules - P.151 Discussion#1

I like to take a trip in Taiwan, so I have a lot of opportunities to ask for directions to strangers. In my experience, the people of southern Taiwan are friendly than northern Taiwan. When I need to ask people the way, the people of southern Taiwan is always enthusiastic to tell where I am, even take me to my destination personally. On the other hand, the most people of northern Taiwan are not so enthusiastic and they don’t even answer when they see strangers asking for directions.

Not only asking for directions, there are some differences from our conversations. The people of southern Taiwan are enthusiastic, just like my family. They will ask many questions for my trip, and tell me where good scenic spots or food are. The people of northern Taiwan usually only answer my questions, and they will not take the initiative to say anything.

In short, although we are in the same country, different people have different conversational rules, we should be careful of this.

Act the certain people differently - P.147 JW#2

        Of a typical week, we meet different people and act with them. We usually act the certain people differently. I am no exception.

In my work, I have to teach students of different ages, from seven years old to twelve years old. When I act the seven year-old students, I am just like a mother. Every noon, I help them to prepare their lunch. Push them for writing their homework. I need to help them to pay attention to the trivia of life, and exhort them to the attention to the things.

On the other hand, when I act the twelve year-old students, I am just like their mentor. Not only teach them schoolwork, I chat with them as friends. The twelve year-old students have their own ideas. I have to act them like friends, in order to shorten our distance. They will more like friends than teachers.

In short, we act the certain people differently, and make things easily and efficiently.